2 Samuel 23:3
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3 The God of Israel has spoken;
(A)the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling (B)in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 22:32
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32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
(A)And who is a rock, except our God?
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 (A)“The Rock, (B)his work is perfect,
for (C)all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and (D)without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
Exodus 18:21
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21 Moreover, look for (A)able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
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2 Samuel 22:2-3
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2 (A)He said,
(B)“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 (C)my[a] God, my rock, (D)in whom I take refuge,
(E)my shield, and (F)the horn of my salvation,
(G)my stronghold and (H)my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 22:3 Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my
Hebrews 1:8
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8 But of the Son he says,
(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalm 72:2
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2 May he (A)judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
Psalm 42:9
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9 I say to God, (A)my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
(B)Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Deuteronomy 32:30-31
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30 How could (A)one have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock (B)had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
31 For (C)their rock is not as our Rock;
(D)our enemies are by themselves.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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Justice
18 “You shall appoint (A)judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 (B)You shall not pervert justice. (C)You shall not show partiality, (D)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 (A)“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 (B)Keep far from a false charge, and (C)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (D)I will not acquit the wicked. 8 (E)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Genesis 33:20
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20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.[a]
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- Genesis 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel
Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming King of Zion
9 (A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Jeremiah 23:5
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5 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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Isaiah 32:1
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A King Will Reign in Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
Isaiah 11:1-5
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And (B)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(C)He shall not judge by (D)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (E)what his ears hear,
4 but (F)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (G)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (H)with the breath of his lips (I)he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and (J)faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Proverbs 31:9
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Psalm 110:2
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Nehemiah 5:14
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Nehemiah's Generosity
14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from (A)the twentieth year to (B)the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, (C)neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
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2 Chronicles 19:7-9
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7 Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for (A)there is no injustice with the Lord our God, (B)or partiality or taking bribes.”
8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat (C)appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, (D)to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them: (E)“Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, (F)and with your whole heart:
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Exodus 20:2
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2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (A)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (B)all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a (C)kingdom of priests and (D)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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Exodus 3:15
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15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord,[a] the (A)God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is (B)my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
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- Exodus 3:15 The word Lord, when spelled with capital letters, stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be” in verse 14
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